Hancock’s Half Hour Collectibles: Volume 3 Audiobook (Free)

A fascinating collection of rare and remastered radio & TV material starring Tony Hancock

This third treasury of rare archive material presents another four newly restored radio episodes of Hancock’s Half Hour: ‘The 13th of the Series’ (1957), ‘The Male Suffragettes’ (1958), ‘The Sleepless Night’ (1958) and ‘The Last Bus Home’ (1959). Starring once more alongside Tony Hancock are Sid Adam, Costs Kerr, Hattie Jacques and Kenneth Williams.

Three further editions of the air hit Getting in touch with All about Hancock’s Half Hour Collectibles: Volume 3 Forces, from 1952, feature Hancock as co-compere with Charlie Chester, having a bill featuring Robb Wilton and many other light entertainment stars of your day.

Hancock’s Other Half’s Hour, from 1997, sets Tony’s widow Freddie Hancock center stage, from where she invites many of his former colleagues to reminisce about the person. Among them are Harry Secombe, Peter Goodwright, Liz Fraser, Expenses Kerr, Ray Galton, Alan Simpson, Stirling Moss, Sylvia Sims, Larry Gelbart, Patricia Hayes, Jim Dale, Expenses Cotton Jnr and Frank Thornton.

The lad speaks for ‘imself in two rarely heard Tony Hancock interviews, first broadcast on Open Home (1964) and NIGHT TIME Line-Up (1965). Elsewhere Robert Cushman and Denis Norden study Hancock’s existence and profession in Turns from the Century (1995) and Stone Me, What a Life! (2004) respectively.

An added bonus PDF booklet talks about each item in the context of Hancock’s broadcasting profession, with insights into how many of these lost or uncommon items were discovered.

Marking the legacy of 1 of our greatest comedy entertainers, this collection is a must for fans of Tony Hancock and Hancock’s Half Hour.